Springtime, finally!

Ok, settle in folks--this is going to be a long one! We have had a great month of adventure. As always it is hard to believe how quickly the boys are growing and changing. Dylan is adding words everyday, today's word is "no", that should be interesting. He loves "river, pool, boat" and anything with water. Colter keeps us on our toes with winners like "Oh for goodness sake, that's not going to work at all Mom!" And "when we move to Moab or Mexico, we'll just visit our friends in Telluride alot, Mom does it snow in Moab?" Yes, sometimes. "Oh, I guess it's Mexico then." And so many others that I need a tape recorder. Our trip to Moab was a much needed break from reality. We did something fun everyday and loved the hot weather. Outside at 7:30 am in shorts and t-shirts and we stayed there until after dark---I do love the heat! We rafted, camped, hiked, biked, played soccer, enjoyed the Roufa's house in town, played in Mill Creek down the Steelbender road, Canyonlands, Castle Valley, the amazing music park, Milt's, Milt's and more Milt's, moped rides (Dylan's favorite!), chased, caught and played with every bug imaginable, dug in the dirt, and so much more...it was very hard to head home. Funny saying that when we live in such a great place! The boys loved everything about Moab, especially all of the time with Daddy and Mommy with no distractions. We did two raft trips on the Colorado, one with Trevor's parents who joined us for a few days including Mother's Day and Mac's birthday and one full day with just the four of us. We had a nice visit with Mac and Carol and stayed busy the entire time touring the area and playing around town. Dylan isn't sold on the "updowns" on the river yet and spent his time in the waves saying "none, none...none, none...BACK!" and pointing up river. He'll come around I'm sure. It didn't help that he was taking a nap in back and a rogue wave splashed over the side and landed on his head. Oops. Colter is a bug man. We brought the bug catcher cage and he went nuts. He caught, named and took care of catapillars, ants, rolly-pollys, tadpoles, spiders, butterflies, crawdads, and anything else moving. I had no idea there were so many colors and types of ants and so many ways to squash them. He was protecting queen mommy, ya know. MacMac brought him a squirt gun and he didn't want to put it down the rest of the trip. Dylan woke up every morning, put on his "boop bops" (flip flops) and helmet and then went out to the moped and sat on it until Daddy took him for a ride. So cute. Colter is really good at starting and riding his big bike and was racing all over town. He has great balance and is building strength and stamina with each passing day. At this age, just biking or walking around town to the various parks and trails is entertaining for the boys. I hope our boys are always so happy just to be outside and enjoying nature. Trevor was able to ride his motorcycle a good bit, and I got to hike. It was very relaxing and will get us through the next few months of business as usual. I love travelling with Trevor and the boys and look forward to many more fun, family adventures!

We made it home at the beginning of the week and dove right back into work, literally. The fast and furious spring run off has been a challenge for the hydro plant. We have been putting on the rafting gear to wade through the intake pond atleast twice a day to clear rocks, leaves and other goodies from the screens. Even had to involve a backhoe twice already. So we are spending lots of time at Modee and Pappy's new house. The boys love to play there and Colter said it would be Ok if we stayed all summer. At this rate, we will be!